Reconstruction:Proto-Arawak/nama

This Proto-Arawak entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Arawak edit

Noun edit

*nama[1]

  1. mouth

Alternative reconstructions edit

  • *niuma, *iuma[1]

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Piro-Apurinã: *náma[1]
    • Yine: nama
    • Apurinã: nãma
  • Proto-Amuesha-Chamicuro:
  • Proto-Ta-Arawak: *numa[2]
    • Wayuu: ali-ima (beard) (literally, “hair-mouth”)
    • Proto-Lokono-Igñeri:
      • Lokono: uima (mouth of river)
      • Garifuna: -iúma (mouth of river)
  • Proto-Paresi-Waura:
  • Proto-Wapixana-Bare:
    • Wapishana: paniinom (door) (literally, “house-mouth”)
    • Xiriâna: -numada (door)
  • Proto-Maipure-Avane:
  • Proto-Nawiki: *numa[1]
    • Proto-Western Nawiki: *núma[1]
      • Resígaro: póʔkónoomú (door) (literally, “house-mouth”)
      • Piapoco: capìinùma (door) (literally, “house-mouth”)
      • Yucuna: numanáhi (door) (literally, “mouth-house”)
    • Proto-Eastern Nawiki: *numa[1]

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Matteson, Esther, Wheeler, Alva, Jackson, Frances L., Waltz, Nathan E., Christian, Diana R., editors (1972), Comparative Studies in Amerindian Languages (Janua Linguarum. Series Practica; 127), The Hague: Mouton & Co., →ISBN, page 180:*nama/*n/iuma
  2. ^ Payne, David L. (1991) Derbyshire, D. C., Pullum, G. K., editors, A classification of Maipuran (Arawakan) languages based on shared lexical retentions (Handbook of Amazonian Languages; 3), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, page 413:*numa